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Letters Patent No. 85,448,

MAssILLoN,.oH`Io.

dated December 29, 1868.

` IMPROVEMENT IN MUSIC-BOOKS.

The Schedule referred to in the-se Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it lma/ z/ concern:

Be it known that I, IsAIAH IoKEs, of Massillon, in the county of Stark, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Music-Book; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specication.

rlhe drawing is a face View of the book when opened for use.

It is often desirable, especially in church-music, to sing one hymn to diii'erent notes; but with the hylnnbook, as at present made, this cannot be accomplished, unless two separate books, one with the notes, and the other with the words, be used.

It is awkward for the members of a choir to hold two books, and consequentlyT the hymn is generally sung to the notes which are upon the same page with it.

My invention is designed to obviate this difficulty; and

It consists in making the leaves of the book in two separate sets; that is, the leaves are divided transversely, or across the book, the notes being on either the upper or lower divison, and the words on the part either above or below the notes, as the case may be, the whole being bound as an ordinary book.

The convenience of such abook for choirs and Sunday-schools, is too plain to need recital here. What .I'claim as new, and desire to lsecure by Letters Patent, is-

So making'a hymn-book that there shall be a division, transversely, of the leaves of the said book, the notes being on the one half, and the words on the other,

wherebyany particular hymn may be sung to any de- Y sired tune, and the change of dii'erent hymns and different notes be accomplished readily, the'whole having an exterior like a book of the ordinary make.

ISAIAH IGKES.

Witnesses:

0. W. WILLIsoN,. TEENNET B. WARNER. 

